Chapter 28

Kiara walked away from the hospital when she had cried her eyes out and erased all evidence of her crying. She had just stepped outside the premises of the hospital when Matthews met up with her. He didn’t need to ask questions because he had been in Kiara’s head the moment, he had felt her discomfort and grief and already knew the events that followed.

He was in shock himself as the image of the new Chaos has already been projected through their mate bond when Kiara mistakenly let her walls down. Wrapping his arms around Kiara, he stirred her towards the woods. They walked in silence. Letting the forest and nature calm them down.

They both knew that the coming days was going to leave a dent in their lives but what they both feared was the unknown. The extreme change in Chaos and the consequences that may follow. Matthews knew his alpha was way past redemption, when he found out the morning after Chaos’s mating ceremony that he was the only person carrying the family crest of his mate’s family.

He didn’t need to ask to know that something had gone wrong and the mark on his wrist was physical evidence. That one, he had questioned Kiara about and the answered he had received fueled his anger and disgust for his alpha and mistress.

He fought had to keep his mouth shut when his colleague’s made a fuss about the tattoo and how they would love to have more should it be painless like this. If only they knew! He had always thought with disdain.

They were both lost in their thoughts when they heard rustling in the trees. Before they could question who, it was or even shift, the culprits made themselves known. They both let out a sigh of relief when they realized who it was.

“Auntie!” Kiara said before going ahead to throw herself into Alpha Celeste’s arms.

Matthews watched with sorrow as his mate broke down in her auntie’s arms once again.

His eyes were stilled fixed on the scene unfolding before him and only snapped out of it when he felt a tap on his shoulder.

He turned and bowed in respect when he met the eyes of Chaos’s older brothers.

“Alphas” he said softly

“Drop the formalities Matthews. You are basically family now and Kiara would kick our asses if she felt we were holding our titles over you” Lucien said with amusement laced in his tone.

“Okay” Matthews said with a small chuckle

“So… it’s really bad huh… I mean Kiara is crying” Lucas stated suddenly

“Yes… it is. I have not seen it for myself but what I saw in Kiara’s head is more than enough for me” Matthews replied without looking at Lucas.

His gaze was locked on Kiara and her auntie whispering heatedly and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t hear a word they were saying. And they were only standing a few meters away from him. He tried to search Kiara’s head only to be blocked out the moment he started trying.

“Fuck!! Matthews stop!!” Kiara yelled without turning around

“What did you do man?” Lucas asked with confusion

“I was in her head but she shut me out and I was just trying to get in to see if everything was okay” Matthews replied with a frown on his face

“Ah… the joys and misfortunes of mating” Lucien said with a weird look on his face

“Shut up Lucien!! And Matthews, everything is fine. Don’t worry” Alpha Celeste cut in

“And there goes mum always messing with my fun. Can I go see my little sister now?” Lucien said with a pout

“She’s going to kick your ass if she hears you calling her that” Lucas said

“Ooh I look forward to it because I’m going to tell on your royal ass Luce” Kiara said as she walked towards where they were standing

“Traitor” Lucas teased

“Jerk face” Kiara retorted

“Butt face” Lucien joined

“Okay enough Kids… fun’s over. Let go see Chaos” Alpha Celeste cut in with a small smile on her face. These grown-ups can be so childish sometimes and if she hadn’t stepped in, they will be going on for as long as they could.

**Chaos’ P.O.V**

My eyes flew open the moment my mate walked out of the room. I know he knew I was awake from my coma and was just waiting for me to wake up from my sleep. With all these sudden changes that are going on with my body, I didn’t won’t to risk it and open my eyes.

Who knows what I would have done to him here and then?

I lie down and listen to my surroundings and when I was confident that no one would be walking in on me anytime soon, I stepped out of bed. It felt good to have my feet back on the ground.

After I made sure I was really fit to walk on my own, I cloaked myself and walked out of the room. It felt amazing to walk in the shadows again. Observing everything without anyone knowing you are actually there. I avoided crashing into anyone because it will cause a ruckus I really didn’t need right now. I had just made it to the ground floor when I spotted Matthews and my family heading towards my way.

Thankfully their attention wasn’t on me so acting swiftly, I put some space between us and stayed on the other side of the floor. I had just taken another step towards the entrance when a low growl sounded behind me. I didn’t turn and I wasn’t surprised when I felt the stern gazes of my family on my back whiles Matthews and everyone else on the ground floor stared at them in confusion.

“Don’t you fucking dare!” my mother spat out.

I let out an exaggerated sigh and took another step forward knowing they would follow me.

Kiara and my brothers have our family’s blood running through their veins so they are able to see me whenever I cloak myself and my mother won’t have been able to;

If my father had not blessed her with that ability as a present on one of her birthdays. What kind of gift was that?

It is a total betrayal to all of us because my mother was nosy without this ability and when she received it, she became worse. Like nothing got past her and she was always fucking smug about it. It got me and my brothers into a whole lot of trouble when we were younger.

Especially when she told us. Correction, lied to us and made us believe that the ability was temporal and had returned back to our father after a week had passed. She played us and we fell right into her trap. We were grounded for two months and not even our dad could talk her out of lessening our sentence.

Ah!! The good times. Note the sweet sarcasm.

I took small steps to allow my family catch up with me but I made sure to walk a step ahead of them. I wasn’t ready to face them because my mother might bluntly tell me how I look and I didn’t want it that way.